Pelendava 2 - 1 CFR (380794817)

Clear skies welcomed the 45000 spectators who had made their way to TATA VOSTRU. Hernâni Silva was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Piotr Żebrowski and Uwe Ladwein. Pelendava decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Kaliciński - Weelinck, Labrador, Andersen - Rosengarten, Alma Tadema, Greetfeld, Ruiz Girón, Srovnal - Ollé, Håkansson.

CFR tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Caulet - Yssing Hansen, Zicchieri, Habibi, Kocot - Rozen, Villota, Flor, Karo - L'Abbate, Klinčík.

At 9 minutes played, J. Håkansson came in from the right with the intention of giving Pelendava the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. With 36 minutes played J. Håkansson almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to A. Ollé, but the Pelendava player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave A. Ollé from Pelendava a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 40 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! G. Zicchieri was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so CFR's O. Măcicăşan had to come off the bench. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Pelendava had most of the ball, with 65 percent of possession.

CFR's C. L'Abbate was shown a yellow card after 57 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Pelendava's P. Srovnal got himself booked for a foul. Pelendava's B. Weelinck increased the lead to 2 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 71 minutes. By now, the players in Pelendava felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. 74 minutes in, CFR's M. Karo received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. A lunatic dribble by J. Ruiz Girón, in front of his own keeper, set up CFR's B. Klinčík for an embarrassingly easy strike after 75 minutes. 2 - 1! Pelendava claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 67 percent.

Pelendava's best player was J. Ruiz Girón. On the other hand, F. Kaliciński's play was disheartening. The most dominating CFR player was without a doubt B. Klinčík. However, O. Măcicăşan made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 1.